INtire by A Flat Miner Studios

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made by A Flat Miner Studios for LD31 (JAM)
This is INtire!

Several adorable goats are in trouble and it’s up to you to save them from their natural predators: giant spiders! Take control of Emma or Marcel and safely hurl the little critters to the safety of their wicker baskets while either dodging the spiders or smacking them into submission with your trusty screen door. The INtire game only gives you one screen to defend with, but it’s pretty durable so don’t worry. As you save more goats, you’ll attract more spiders. Keep an eye out for the special Golden Goat!


Player 1 (Emma) Controls
Left/Right: A/D
Jump: W
Action (throw goat/swing door): S or Space bar

Player 2 (Marcel) Controls
Left/Right: Left Arrow/Right Arrow
Jump: Up Arrow
Action (throw goat/swing door): Down Arrow or Right Control

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall(Jam) 3.09 606
Audio(Jam) 2.87 438
Fun(Jam) 2.72 745
Graphics(Jam) 3.88 199
Humor(Jam) 3.04 281
Innovation(Jam) 3.56 212
Mood(Jam) 2.98 547
Theme(Jam) 3.98 148

Feedback

AMS
09. Dec 2014 · 05:14 UTC
Great graphics and cool concept, although I think you can get even more out of it! Keep working on it!

OttersDen
09. Dec 2014 · 09:11 UTC
Amazing game, so clever. My only thoughts so far would be to maybe start off with a 1-Player or 2-Player selection screen, to make things a little more clear... And maybe some basics that explain the game step by step until the player gets a better feel for how the game works. The GUI is just a bit cluttered before the game actually starts.

Learning curve is pretty steep, and the responsiveness of the animations and actions is kind of on the sticky side, making it hard to time throwing the goats...

But the concept and execution is brilliant and hilarious. Not to mention that funny music. And it's in a tire. The intire game. Love it. Just needs a little more work.
admix
09. Dec 2014 · 18:52 UTC
Many nice ideas in one place, I like the inverted world that turns in a wheel, for a moment thought it is RAMA-style space station, but it is actually a wheel... Well done =)
Taldius
09. Dec 2014 · 21:45 UTC
Nice graphics, the game is really weird, I love it!
Jonapulse
09. Dec 2014 · 21:55 UTC
Ugh. Another cliched entry into the over-done video game genre of "Running around a tire herding goats away from spiders into wicker-baskets"-em-ups. Come on guys. Be a little less mainstream.
BusinessClient
09. Dec 2014 · 21:56 UTC
Fun use of the theme
andrewkennedy
09. Dec 2014 · 22:05 UTC
Loved the art, and the music was really fitting for the game!

I had to play both characters at once so it started to get kind of confusing playing both of them haha.
qleonetti
09. Dec 2014 · 22:05 UTC
Nice one :) Goats are great :)
H-Bomb
09. Dec 2014 · 22:07 UTC
The game looks great and the pun of the title made me laugh!
There is no azerty option, so I didn't play the two players mode, and the game mechanics were not addictive enough to make me want to score. :(
Congrats on the art style, please make more games with goats!
LTyrosine
09. Dec 2014 · 22:11 UTC
Ok graphics, and nice idea. I would like to see more organization in instructions and overall game presentation. Maybe split instructions in some form of introduction screen. There are some problems with input x visual feedback also.
Poupi
09. Dec 2014 · 22:18 UTC
I really like the goats. Very nice!
flegmatical
09. Dec 2014 · 22:19 UTC
Loved the graphics and quirky creativity of it all. I missed a bit tighter control scheme, as it felt a bit sluggish. Adorable goats!
SoulGame
09. Dec 2014 · 22:23 UTC
Interesting, with some polish it can be fun,, i tried to eliminate spiders but they seemed invincible (almost 20 hits can't kill one). Goats were too difficult to launch correctly becasue they can't get launch high enough i think.

At my second launch of the game, all entities (player ,spider, goats) weren't on the ground but walking horizontally. It was weird.
BuzzJeux
09. Dec 2014 · 23:02 UTC
Wow loved the art direction and the original mood here.. very amazing work in this short time of dev.. Keep going this good work !
Megapiemanphd
09. Dec 2014 · 23:11 UTC
Graphics are good and I really like the idea of a world within a tire but the gameplay is a bit of a mess.
🎤 A Flat Miner Studios
10. Dec 2014 · 00:13 UTC
@SoulGame You discovered debug mode. (Congrats!) I've taken it out so others aren't equally confused.
DA_KID
10. Dec 2014 · 01:26 UTC
Nice pun. Seriously, decent little game, although it isn't the most gameplay heavy game this dare. Needs a better combat system, or movement, or something to make the gameplay more interesting.
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
10. Dec 2014 · 01:57 UTC
Really neat aesthetic. Stupid giant spiders. :P
MonoS
11. Dec 2014 · 12:53 UTC
The concept is interesting, but the realization not so much.
Cool graphic, not a lot for the sprite, but the background is cool
klianc09
11. Dec 2014 · 12:55 UTC
+1 for helping establishing goats in the gaming industry.
Goats really need more appreciation.

The controls were a little difficult and the hitboxes on the spiders not really obvious. I always kept swinging my door and afterwards sliding into the spiders.

I really liked the artstyle though.
pegigante
12. Dec 2014 · 23:40 UTC
Crazy idea. I loved it.
iShadow
13. Dec 2014 · 12:13 UTC
Weird game, but I love IT!
hoqjed
14. Dec 2014 · 23:10 UTC
Wow, this game sounds quite a lot different than I imagined from the images. Visually it's got this really clean aesthetic, and then the 8-bit chiptune and goat sounds start playing haha.

I ended up liking the game, though the character's jump and goat throwing seemed a bit too floaty to me. The spider's hitboxes were also a bit unclear, since their legs reach out really far... it makes them seem much larger than they really are.

Overall nice job, it's lighthearted and pretty to look at. Good use of the theme also.
waveformmodulations
16. Dec 2014 · 15:51 UTC
Really like the circular level design.
Xanjos
18. Dec 2014 · 23:54 UTC
Well that was a rather surreal entry. Good take on the theme and it was pretty fun running loops around the tire Sonic style.
Dietrich Epp
19. Dec 2014 · 21:33 UTC
Beautiful game, but I found it a bit too difficult.
6DownStudios
20. Dec 2014 · 08:32 UTC
Awesome and hilarious! I really love the animation too, really great all around!
Sot
23. Dec 2014 · 12:15 UTC
The concept is brilliant and perfectly matches the theme, i found the controls a little bit confusing though.
Mechamew
25. Dec 2014 · 17:03 UTC
There's a lot to like here! Really funny take on the theme (first tire game I've played out of almost 50 entries!). General mood and feeling is just awesome. I did feel that with just a little more attention to animation this would have been visually excellent - really missed a jump animation. Really enjoyed the "SMACK" when swinging, but bothered that it was inverted when facing the wrong direction. Cool concept, which could play very well, although I found controls a little unresponsive and clunky. Overall a great entry though - hope to see this do well!
mathmadlen
28. Dec 2014 · 04:39 UTC
Clever interpretation of the theme, great graphics!
Jupiter_Hadley
28. Dec 2014 · 17:29 UTC
Really nice graphics, though I find it sort of hard to play. I Included it in part 20 of my Ludum Dare 31 compilation video series, if you would like to check it out :) http://youtu.be/SGfwL84KAH0
zed0
29. Dec 2014 · 01:08 UTC
I like the graphics, the circular level is pretty neat. :)